There’s electricity in the air. A Chinese automobile firm is taking the electric vehicle to new heights by rolling out a driverless flying taxi that can fly over 100 miles on a single charge, per a video currently taking off online. “It [the car] is engineered to transform intercity aerial travel into a safe, routine, … Read more
Breakfast in New York, midmorning snack in London. Taxi tests are underway on a highly anticipated supersonic plane designed to quietly break the sound barrier — and slash flight time between New York and London in half. The X-59 jet, dubbed the “son of Concorde,” is one step closer to takeoff after the experimental aircraft … Read more
Uber Technologies on Wednesday unveiled a range of new offerings such as shared fixed-route rides and expanded membership passes, targeting consumers seeking cost-effective ways to travel. The ride-sharing app has been looking to invest in more affordable transport and delivery offerings to widen its user base and combat slowing revenue growth in an uncertain economic environment. Uber’s new “Route … Read more
Jack Trunz was exhausted the night Khakendra Pun picked him up in his yellow cab at LaGuardia Airport. Trunz’s flight from Nashville had been delayed three hours, causing him to miss a buddy’s 30th birthday party. The last thing he wanted was to jabber with his taxi driver. But Trunz, 30, an investment analyst in … Read more
She drove his wife mad. A model was blindsided after earning a one-star rating from a taxi driver — and a message from his wife. Kerolay Chaves, a Brazilian influencer known for her curves, said that she was headed home from the gym in a cab called with a rideshare app. Everything seemed completely normal, … Read more
Looking for love will cost you. In the past six years, the price of eating out in NYC has increased nearly 30%, according to the NY State Department of Taxation and Finance and Office of the New York City Comptroller, while other costs associated with going out, such as taxis and Ubers, have also risen … Read more
Life changed for Re’Shae Green in a New York minute. The Maryland-based millennial traveled to NYC as the girlfriend to longtime beau Corey Fields over Labor Day weekend. But after an encounter with a very special taxicab, she left the Big Apple a bride-to-be. Fields surprised Green with the secret proposal taxi during Labor Day … Read more
Always leave your DNA behind. That’s the wisdom one woman is dishing out to fellow females who might feel unsafe when traveling solo in rideshares and taxis. Spooked riders should always leave definitive physical evidence that they were indeed in the vehicle, said TikTok user @brennalina, just in case something horrific should happen. For the … Read more
The miracle of birth is a costly one, no matter where it occurs. A 26-year-old mother of two unexpectedly gave birth Tuesday in the back of a cab while heading to the hospital for a routine checkup — and then was allegedly charged for the taxi’s cleanup, reported the Sun. Buckinghamshire, UK, resident Farah Cacanindin … Read more
Ahmed Malik has been driving a yellow cab for 18 years, and he’s never seen the industry so beaten down. And he fears if the new congestion pricing plan comes to pass, it will spell financial doom for him and his fellow hacks. “This is no good for us,” he told The Post. “We are … Read more